Table 1 Empirical Confirmation of Gitksan Medicinal Plant Uses – Level I
| Â | Â | Â | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
Latin name(s) | Used by Other Groups | Similar Uses | Level 1 |
Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. | 12 | yes | √ |
Achillea millefolium L. | 53 | yes | √ |
Alnus crispa (Drylander ex Ait.) Pursh ssp. sinuata (Regel) Hultén | 5 | yes | √ |
   A. viridis (Chaix) DC. | 2 | yes |  |
Alnus incana(L.) Moench | 14 | yes | √ |
A. rubra Bong. | 10 | yes | √ |
Anemone ?multifida Poir. | 4 | yes | √ |
Angelica genuflexa Nutt. | 1 | NO | NO |
Aralia nudicaulis L. &/or | 6 | yes | √ |
   Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. | 15 | yes | √ |
Arnica cordifolia Hook. | 3 | NO* | NO |
Athyrium filix femina(L.) Roth & | 9 |  | √ |
   Drypteris filix-mas (L.) Schott | 3 |  | NO |
   D. expansa (K.B.Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy | 4 |  | √ |
Calla palustris L. | 2 | NO | NO |
Castilleja miniata Dougl. | NO | NO* | NO |
Cornus stolonifera Michx. | 23 | NO | NO |
Equisetum arvense L. & | 19 | yes | √ |
   E. hyemale L., |  | yes | √ |
   E. variegatum Schleich, |  | yes | NO |
   E. pratense Ehrh. |  | yes | √ |
Geum macrophyllum Willd. | 11 | yes | √ |
Heracleum lanatum Michx. | 30 | yes | √ |
Inonotus obliquus (Pers:Fr.) Pilat &Fomes ignarius | 4 | yes | √ |
Juniperus communis L. & | 34 | yes | √ |
   J. scopulorum Sarg. | 17 | yes | √ |
Ledum groenlandicum Oeder | 20 | yes | √ |
Lobaria pulmonaria &L.oregana | 3 | NO | NO |
Lonicera involucrata (Rich.) Banks | 13 | yes | √ |
Lupinus arcticus Wats. | NO | NO | NO |
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. | 11 | some | √ |
Nuphar polysepalum Engelm. | 10 | yes | √ |
Oplopanax horridus (S.) T.&G. ex Miq. | 36 | yes | √ |
P.x lutzii, hybrid(Roche) spruce- | 36** | yes | √ |
P. engelmanii Parry x |  | yes | √ |
P. sitchensis (Bong.) Carr x |  | yes | √ |
P. glauca (Moench) Voss |  | yes | √ |
P. mariana (Mill.) Britt., Sterns & Pogg. | 6 | yes | √ |
Pinus contorta Dougl. | 24 | yes | √ |
Populus tremuloides Michx. | 19 | some | √? |
Prunus pensylvanica L. | 6 | yes | √ |
Sambucus racemosa L. | 22 | yes | √ |
Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. | 16 | yes | √ |
Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf. | 20 | yes | √ |
Sorbus sitchensis Roemer and S. scopulina Greene | 9 | yes | √ |
Thalictrum occidentale Gray | NO | NO * | NO |
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. | 12 | NO# | NO |
Veratrum viride Ait. | 27 | yes | √ |
Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf. | 5 | some | √ |